Posted on 12/04/2001 1:36:21 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:02:41 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
December 4, 2001 -- The year 1997 was a critical turning point for high-school student John Walker. That's when he read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," began wearing a white robe and turban, and changed his name.
The conversion of John Phillip Walker Lindh from California teenager to grimy Taliban fighter and U.S. prisoner of war can be traced to the year he spent cramming for his high-school diploma at an alternative independent school in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Several things in the above paragraph struck me. I have watched the footage of John a couple of times and it is not difficult to discern that this young man is possessed. His comrades who bit Mike Spann to death and skinned the three reporters (and many other atrocious acts committed) all point to demon possession - all Satanic behavior!
This doesn't exactly fit too well with the propaganda put out that Islam is a peaceful religion or that Islam. Even a US born and raised boy who converts to Islam supports the killing of 6000 innocent Americans and supports terrorists. It seems like there is actually a very strong link between Islam and terrorism. There is something in that Koran that isn't very good.
Lindh asked the public "to have mercy" on his son, who he said never told the family he'd joined the Taliban. Asked about his son's statements defending the murderous attacks on America...
The remains of CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann, killed during a prison uprising in northern Afghanistan, were scheduled to arrive in a flag-draped coffin in the U.S. December 2, 2001.. Spann was the first known American combat death in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan. Spann, 32, is shown in this undated family photo, worked for the CIA's clandestine service. (Reuters)
The body of CIA officer Johnny Mike Spann is carried by a Marine honor guard from an Air Force aircraft December 2, 2001 at Andrews Air Force Base. Spann was the first known American combat death in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan. (Joe Marquette/Pool via Reuters)
Alison Spann, 9, the daughter of CIA Officer Johnny Mike Spann, is comforted by Stephanie Glakas Tenet, wife of CIA director George J. Tenet, as the remains of CIA officer Spann, killed during a prison uprising in northern Afghanistan, returned to Andrews Air Force Base, December 2, 2001. Spann was the first known American combat death in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, which is aimed at destroying Osama bin Laden, his al Qaeda network and the Afghan Taliban movement, which sheltered him. REUTERS/POOL/Joe Marquette
Air Force Brig. General Glenn Spears escorts Shannon Spann, the widow of CIA officer Johnny Mike Spann, at Andrews Air Force Base, December 2, 2001. Spann was the first known American combat death in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, which is aimed at destroying Osama bin Laden, his al Qaeda network and the Afghan Taliban movement, which sheltered him. REUTERS/POOL/Joe Marquette
I say we give John Walker the same kind of mercy he gave to the 3000+ victims who died a horrible death in the WTC and the Pentagon. John Walker fully supports that act of mass murder, he has plainly stated that fact! I say we the people of the United States of America give the same mercy to the traitor, John Walker that he gave to the two fatherless children of Johnny Mike Spann, the same mercy he gave to Johnny Spann's young widowed wife, left to raise her children on her own. Look at the picture of little Alison Spann, age 9, Johnny Spann's daughter. She knows her Daddy is never coming home again. Walker was captured in the same battle in which Johnny Spann was killed. The traitor Walker could even be the one that killed him, if not he would have gladly and without a moments hesitation pulled the trigger that ended Johnny Spann's life. The traitor Walker richly deserves the penalty for treason and aiding the enemy in time of war. The traitor Walker should be hung by the neck until dead.
like it or not - they are both too stupid to realize thier multi faith/god household is bahai'as a result
additionally, a self taught anything is dangerous, be it a muslim, a cook or conservative ;)
MOM and Dad sound like 60's leftovers who will use this to undermine Bush -
I hadnt noticed, but had he renounced his citizenship beforehand? - if so, wont he get treated like any other taliwhacker ?
Maybe he had plans to be a non-Arab looking terrorist in his homeland? I guess we'll never know...
I have a hard time believing his father was a STRICT Irish Catholic; if so he wouldn't have whole heartedly supported his move over to Islam. His parents are divorced, and I think the young man was just looking for something, anything to fill the void. I said on a different thread the other day that Islam for this him was like a cult. The mosque was a welcoming place for him; something that must have been lacking in his life. As the saying goes; when you don't believe in SOMETHING you'll fall for anything. His parents had obviously not instilled any strong faith beliefs in him with ANY religion, so Islam filled that longing which is in everyone; as one of the saints (Benedict or Ignatius of Loyola ? )said, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee"
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